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...order to acquaint himself with every possible detail of prison life, Mr. Osborne at one time served a voluntary term of six weeks in the Auburn Prison. During this time he lived exactly as a prisoner, complying with all the regulations of the institution...
...first-string backfield of the University football team will be held in the Varsity Club this evening at 6.30 o'clock. H. H. Gardner '13 and D. C. Waison '16 will speak. The purpose of this series of talks, which will continue through the spring practice, is to acquaint the men with the finer points of the game which cannot be learned on the field. The players, particularly the quarterbacks, will be given problems and propositions to work out. This system was tried successfully two years ago, but was not used last year...
...armament, which was held during the winter, resulted in a tie, while the Forum on April the second, on Summer Training Camps was carried in favor by a fourteen per cent. majority. Those who voted their approval of the camps realize that long and steady work is necessary to acquaint our high spirited public with the facts; but, nevertheless, it is difficult for them to regard the turning of a deadlock into a fourteen per cent. favorable majority as anything save a victory. J. T. L. JEFFRIES...
...courses arranged exclusively for honors students. The nature of the work will differ from that in the ordinary course, in that, the student, under the direction and advice of his instructor, will be thrown upon his own initiative. The courses will therefore aim not only to acquaint a man thoroughly with his chosen subject, but to make him more self-reliant and independent in his judgments. Against American education, in general, the criticism may be brought that the students depend too much upon what is told them, upon memory rather than thought. It is necessary to recognize authority...
...charge of the various lectures are considered authorities in their respective fields, and the subjects under consideration are of wide enough variety to make a general appeal. Many men whose knowledge of the Medical School has been limited to the name, will have a splendid opportunity to acquaint themselves with one of the University's most important graduate schools. The lectures should have special interest for those undergraduates who anticipate medicine as a profession...